Table 3

Independent associations (unweighted) between support for tobacco availability policies and sociodemographic and smoking status characteristics in Scotland, Wales and England

Variable	Tobacco-free generation			Tobacco 21			Retail license			Reducing retailers			Restricting sale near schools
Variable	% support	OR	95% CI	% support	OR	95% CI	% support	OR	95% CI	% support	OR	95% CI	% support	OR	95% CI
Age (10-year increments)
Scotland		1.04	0.91 to 1.19		0.96	0.84 to 1.09		0.84	0.68 to 1.02		0.96	0.84 to 1.09		0.98	0.85 to 1.12
Wales		1.01	0.82 to 1.25		1.05	0.86 to 1.29		1.25	0.84 to 1.88		1.01	0.83 to 1.23		1.23	0.98 to 1.55
England		1.01	0.94 to 1.07		1.08*	1.02 to 1.15		0.83†	0.74 to 0.92		1.00	0.94 to 1.06		0.97	0.91 to 1.04
Sex: Women (ref Other)
Scotland	36%	1.13	0.71 to 1.79	55%	1.28	0.83 to 1.98	87%	0.68	0.34 to 1.34	50%	1.16	0.74 to 1.80	68%	1.01	0.63 to 1.62
Wales	32%	0.69	0.35 to 1.32	52%	0.97	0.51 to 1.82	89%	0.49	0.14 to 1.61	47%	0.96	0.51 to 1.78	74%	0.95	0.46 to 1.98
England	34%	0.95	0.77 to 1.18	53%	1.26*	1.03 to 1.54	92%	1.54*	1.10 to 2.17	51%	1.44†	1.18 to 1.77	72%	1.23	0.99 to 1.54
Social grade: C2DE (ref ABC1)
Scotland:	38%	1.46	0.89 to 2.40	49%	0.94	0.59 to 1.50	84%	0.63	0.31 to 1.29	47%	1.13	0.70 to 1.83	65%	1.06	0.64 to 1.76
Wales	37%	1.19	0.62 to 2.30	51%	0.98	0.52 to 1.84	86%	0.22*	0.06 to 0.73	43%	0.68	0.36 to 1.26	66%	0.48*	0.23 to 0.98
England	35%	1.17	0.93 to 1.46	52%	1.15	0.93 to 1.42	88%	0.95	0.67 to 1.35	45%	0.95	0.76 to 1.18	67%	0.89	0.71 to 1.13
Children in household: Yes (ref No)
Scotland	38%	1.41	0.80 to 2.47	55%	1.07	0.63 to 1.82	96%	2.68	0.95 to 9.61	54%	1.34	0.78 to 2.33	74%	1.56	0.87 to 2.88
Wales	36%	0.95	0.41 to 2.21	40%	0.54	0.24 to 1.20	84%	0.47	0.12 to 1.75	48%	0.96	0.43 to 2.13	68%	1.08	0.45 to 2.64
England	37%	1.20	0.93 to 1.54	49%	1.09	0.85 to 1.38	91%	0.89	0.59 to 1.38	48%	1.01	0.79 to 1.29	72%	1.05	0.80 to 1.38
Urban/rural: Rural (ref Rural)
Scotland	38%	1.15	0.72 to 1.83	52%	0.92	0.59 to 1.43	88%	0.93	0.47 to 1.85	51%	0.98	0.63 to 1.54	73%	1.33	0.82 to 2.16
Wales	36%	1.10	0.57 to 2.13	55%	1.17	0.62 to 2.20	95%	1.62	0.48 to 6.48	48%	0.98	0.52 to 1.84	78%	1.30	0.63 to 2.77
England	34%	0.96	0.73 to 1.27	53%	1.17	0.90 to 1.52	88%	0.92	0.61 to 1.41	48%	1.10	0.85 to 1.44	68%	0.93	0.70 to 1.24
Smoking status (ref Never smoker)
Scotland: Ex-smoker	40%	1.08	0.62 to 1.86	49%	0.86	0.51 to 1.46	84%	0.68	0.31 to 1.52	54%	1.06	0.62 to 1.81	67%	0.73	0.41 to 1.31
Scotland: Smoker	20%	0.38*	0.18 to 0.77	48%	0.75	0.40 to 1.37	87%	0.67	0.27 to 1.79	25%	0.23*	0.11 to 0.46	50%	0.33†	0.18 to 0.63
Wales: Ex-smoker	27%	0.48	0.22 to 1.03	48%	0.75	0.36 to 1.52	88%	0.33	0.08 to 1.25	38%	0.63	0.31 to 1.27	69%	0.70	0.30 to 1.62
Wales: Smoker	19%	0.27*	0.07 to 0.83	33%	0.37	0.13 to 1.02	86%	0.29	0.06 to 1.62	38%	0.53	0.19 to 1.41	57%	0.42	0.15 to 1.21
England: Ex-smoker	31%	0.72*	0.56 to 0.92	49%	0.89	0.70 to 1.12	91%	1.11	0.75 to 1.66	47%	0.84	0.67 to 1.06	52%	0.77*	0.59 to 0.99
England: Smoker	22%	0.44†	0.30 to 0.62	43%	0.72*	0.53 to 0.99	83%	0.47†	0.30 to 0.75	26%	0.31*	0.22 to 0.44	25%	0.38†	0.27 to 0.52

Scotland N=346. Wales N=172. Scotland N=1572.
*P value less than 0.05.
†P value less than 0.001.